by Mike Purdy | May 13, 2015 | Benjamin Harrison, Bill Clinton, Elections, Franklin Roosevelt, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Grover Cleveland, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, Ronald Reagan, Terms of Office, Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
In our nation’s history, ten incumbent Presidents have been defeated at the polls when seeking a second term in the White House. Here’s the list of the unfortunate Presidents who were rejected by the voters: Election Year Defeated President ...
by Mike Purdy | Dec 21, 2012 | Barack Obama, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, Herbert Hoover
Time Magazine began its Man of the Year (now Person of the Year) in 1927. Since that time all U.S. Presidents except for three, have been named Man/Person of the Year at least once.Not Men of the Year – Coolidge, Hoover, FordCalvin Coolidge, Herbert...
by Mike Purdy | Aug 29, 2011 | Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Herbert Hoover, Impeachments, John Tyler, Richard Nixon
The founding fathers included in the U.S. Constitution the right of the House of Representatives to impeach the President and other officers. Article II, Section 4 states that: “The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be...
by Mike Purdy | Aug 10, 2011 | Herbert Hoover
Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover, the nation’s 31st president, was born on August 10, 1874 in West Branch, Iowa. The Great Humanitarian, who served just one term, died on October 20, 1964, at age 90.Widely touted for his engineering expertise and...